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Annie Lennox Biography

Ann "Annie" Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. With a total of eight Brit Awards, which includes being named Best British Female Artist a record six times, Lennox has been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".

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I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

Calling, Life, Soul, Trying, Worthwhile

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

Make, Music, Music Is, Passion, Want

The contrast of the world that we live in and the world that is here in Aspen and the world inhabited by women who have no resources, little or no, very few resources - huge disparity.

Aspens, Contrast, Disparity, Littles, Women, World

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

Gender, Individual, Love, Step, Steps

I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lot of time on my own.

Children, Know, My Own, Only Child, Tend, Time

I have a lot to be grateful for.

Be Grateful, Grateful

Imagine living in abject poverty and not knowing anything other than that for generations. Or alternatively, imagine being born into a really wealthy family, but there was no real love. Everyone's living these extraordinary, interesting lives whether they know it or not.

Abject, Generations, Interesting, Knowing, Real, Wealthy

If you want to open a supermarket chain and put your face all around the globe, selling your baby and your dog, if it makes you happy, who am I to disagree, as the song goes. But it's not for me. I've always tried to keep my integrity and keep my autonomy.

Autonomy, Baby, Dog, Open, Song

Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance - it's the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.

Beauty, Fashion, Fuel, Industries, Stuff

In a way, it's all down to perception, isn't it? And everyone has their own take on everything.

Everyone, Perception, Take, Way

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

Feminism, Goal, Issues, Life, Part

The dynamic between two individuals starts off with everything warm and nice and fabulous and good. Working and living together can serve you quite well, but when it starts to go wrong - oh, boy!

Boys, Individuals, Nice, Quite, Starts, Two

At times, I've been so absolutely terrified of what I was about to do, whether it was public speaking or performance. Whatever it was, sometimes it had me really, really shaking in my shoes, and I decided that I was going to do it no matter what. And, of course, the critic is there, and afterwards, there's this, "Was it good enough? Was it really all I wanted to say?"

Course, Enough, Matter, Shoes, Sometimes

Pop stars are so busy having a career that they don't really have a lot of time for activism.

Activism, Busy, Careers, Having, Pop, Stars

If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. You're not going there just to merely observe. You have a purpose, and your purpose is to tell that story, to share that story for the bigger benefit of millions of other people. Your purpose is to create that bridge so you can give that story the dignity and the focus that it deserves, and you can become a part of the amplification that needs to be there.

Bigger, Bridges, Dignity, Giving, People, Tragic

Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

Flying, Leaving, Public, Rubbish, Speaking

There must be an angel playing with my heart.

Angel, Heart, My Heart, Playing

To try to help people have babies in a healthy way and to celebrate the process of delivering a child which will be healthy is, I think, almost the best part of healthcare.

Baby, Children, Healthy, Help, People, Thinking

It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

Bed, Failed, Harder

Everything is illusory. You cannot label something and feel that that is the beginning, middle, and end of it.

Beginning, Beginning Middle And End, Ends, Illusory, Labels, Middle

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